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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
New DWP Secretary of State, Stephen Crabb, outlines his priorities on welfare reform....
Monday, 11 April 2016
Parents on Universal Credit will now be able to claim back 85% of their childcare costs when they move into work – up from 70%....
Thursday, 07 April 2016
A new armed forces National Insurance credit is available for spouses and civil partners who joined their partners on overseas postings....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
The number of households where no one works has fallen by more than 750,000 since 2010 and is now at its lowest level in more than 10 years....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Andrew Rhodes has been appointed Director General of DWP Operations....
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
More than 80,000 businesses have been set up by jobseekers through the New Enterprise Allowance....
Monday, 21 March 2016
Alun Cairns: Welfare reform transforming lives in Wales...
Monday, 21 March 2016
Wales becomes the first nation in the UK to complete the rollout of Universal Credit....
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Through the Work Programme, a total of 503,000 jobseekers have found work lasting 3 months or longer....
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Private sector employment over 26 million, unemployment rate at 5.1% and the claimant count at its lowest level in over 40 years....
Monday, 14 March 2016
Over 95% of jobcentres now offer Universal Credit....
Friday, 11 March 2016
The government is changing the assessment criteria for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)....
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Findings of an independent review to help increase business start-ups in the most disadvantaged communities across Great Britain. ...
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
The review is to consider changes in life expectancy, wider changes in society and help ensure the State Pension remains sustainable....
Monday, 29 February 2016
New milestone reached as over 660 jobcentres now offer Universal Credit....
Monday, 22 February 2016
Today, 16 more jobcentres will start offering the new benefit....
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
The UK’s employment rate has hit another record high, rising to 74.1%....
Monday, 08 February 2016
Universal Credit is now available in 623 jobcentres, helping over a quarter of a million people to find work faster and earn more....
Friday, 05 February 2016
Around 31,000 households who had their benefits capped have moved into work, reduced their Housing Benefit claim or no longer claim it....
Monday, 01 February 2016
Fifteen more jobcentres now offer Universal Credit, with nearly 600 offices live nationwide....
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The majority of entrepreneurial jobseekers who became their own boss thanks to a government scheme are still in business, more than a year after launc...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Museji Ahmed Takolia CBE has been appointed Chair of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS). ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Employment Minister Priti Patel launches the £2.5 billion European Social Fund (ESF) programme for England at Styal prison in Cheshire....
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
The UK has its highest ever employment rate of 74% with a record 31.4 million people in work....
Monday, 18 January 2016
New milestone reached with 568 jobcentres offering the new benefit. ...
Friday, 15 January 2016
DWP is introducing a new video relay service to help British Sign Language (BSL) users easily access government services....
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Ground-breaking government scheme to provide expert employment support to young people launched by Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel....
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The new State Pension being introduced in April 2016 will make millions of people better off....
Friday, 18 December 2015
More than three-quarters of a million people who were long-term unemployed have found a job through the government’s Work Programme. ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
We have improved the Sorting out Separation and Child Maintenance Options websites – see how they could help you or someone you know. ...
Cabinet Office Susan Harris appointed Vice-Chair of Infected Blood Memorial Committee
Ministry of Defence Northern Ireland start-up boost with new £50 million defence growth deal
Ministry of Defence Unlocking private investment to drive UK defence as an engine for growth
HM Treasury Chancellor rallies retail banks behind her economic plan
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Serious Fraud Office SFO launch appeal into suspected home heating & insulation fraud